bonjour!!

Hello everyone! Its taken me a bit to get on here and post something and im sorry about that. Ive been here since the 22nd of January. So far its pretty good! Im in Aix-en-Provence which is a very old but beautiful place to be. I live in an apartment with a host mom (very nice) and a house mate (also very nice). We have about a 30 minute walk to the university which isnt too bad but for now being that its still a but cold out we take the bus most of the time. When it gets a little warmer (which wont be in too long) im sure ill walk more....its a great walk!

Everything is so cute here. There are a ton of cafe's and little shops. Its a bit expensive at some places (being that Aix is the 2nd most expensive town to Paris) but the school told us a few places to go that are cheaper.

Its easy to make friends! With this university everyone is American which means more English but, all my classes are in french, I speak french with my host mom, with the town people and I just signed up to have a french speaking buddy. That is where we sit down and simply chat. Its at least 30 mins in French and 30 mins in English; that way we can both practice our language skills.

My classes are a bit hard but I think they will get easier as I get more comfortable here. I do however feel that everyone else is about 5x more fluent than me and just better in french. My one class is a media class and the teacher speaks very fast and with a heavy accent so naturally....I didnt catch a word of what he said! haha Ill get there.

I havent taken a ton of pictures yet but my plan is to do that tomorrow and this weekend. This weekend we are all going to nice and cannes so that will be a good time to get some pictures in...Ill put some up soon :-)